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Archive for stuff that is not evergreen but we want to keep. Old gift guide articles, etc.

Hope in a Jar

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    Retinol in the morning and placenta cream at night. Wash your face in cold water it will tighten your pores. We will do anything to save face.   My entire life I was told do not under any circumstance put soap on your face. It will dry out your skin and make you age […]

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Menopause and the Mississippi

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  I have decided going through “the change” is like being pregnant and going through puberty at the same time. Yep, its really that crazy. You have whacked out hormone swings, weight gain, and hair popping up in weird places. Don’t even get me started on the hair. I think maybe I’m turning into a

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E is for Evelyn

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I just had to share this poem today.  I couldn’t resist.   Evelyn By Angela Wybrow   Her beautiful eyes Are like opaque blue pearls. Her fair hair hangs loose, In light, delicate curls. She is tall and slender, And moves with elegance and grace. There are lines of wisdom, Blessing her once youthful face.

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F for Floetry

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Floetry was the marriage of poetry and music. Floetry united the lyricism of song with the lyricism of spoken word to create something amazing and inspirational. Floetry introduced spoken word poetry to a wider audience. Natalie Stewart, a slam champion and a founding member of the performance poetry group 3 Plus 1 which was rising

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Writers Talking with Sarah Bird @sarahbirdwriter

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Sarah has been awarded the Texas Writer of the Year and received the Texas Institute of Letters Lifetime Achievement Award. She has written for Oprah’s Magazine, NY Times Sunday Magazine and Op-Ed columns, Chicago Tribune, Real Simple, Mademoiselle, Glamour, Salon, Daily Beast, Ladies Home Journal, Good Housekeeping, MS, Texas Observer; and is a columnist for Texas Monthly. Growing up, Sarah moved all over the world with her air force family but is now settled in Austin, Texas with her husband, son and very cute corgi.

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